Richt on former assistant Rodney Garner, who’s now at Auburn: “He certainly knows defensively what we do and how we call things.”

It’s Georgia’s tenth game of the season. Malzahn’s coached against Grantham twice already in his career. If he needs Garner to tell him what Georgia does defensively at this point, Auburn’s in more trouble than I thought.

I take all that back if it turns out that Rodney knows how Grantham gives away a blitz call by the way he stands behind that towel. (I keed, I keed.)

Again, it’s not a game worth getting too deep in the weeds with, but I did watch most of the replay yesterday. Three bullet points:

I reckon I’m in the minority on this, but I didn’t see anything that makes me change my mind about the targeting call on Moore. Which isn’t to say I think he was guilty of the penalty, just that he created too tempting a, er, target for the refs to ignore. I’m sure he’ll say the flag won’t change the way he plays. That’s fine, but don’t be surprised if the same situation generates the same result.

On the other hand, the ruling that Herrera fumbled the ball on his interception was a complete joke, no ifs, ands or buts.

I should have mentioned it in my Observations post, but I thought the play of the game was Aaron Murray’s 23-yard run that led to Georgia’s first touchdown of the second half. Aside from picking up the first down and keeping the drive alive, it energized the crowd and the team. Georgia would score four touchdowns after his run; ASU gained a total of 29 yards from that point on.

As John Pennington points out, one of the dumber tactical moves we’ve seen this season is players calling out Alabama in one form or fashion.

Speaking of Alabama, here’s a tip for teams going up against the Tide — zip your lips. Earlier this season Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace said his team could “put points on them… I think we can put points on anybody.” Final score: Alabama 25, Ole Miss 0. Three weeks ago Tennessee referred to Alabama as “the red team” in practice. AJ McCarron said his team took that as an insult. Final score: Alabama 45, Tennessee 10. Last week LSU receiver Jarvis Landry said of Bama: “Nobody is invincible. Not team is invincible and no defense is invincible.” Final score: Alabama 38, LSU 21. The lesson is clear — shut up. People talk about teams having “swagger” — the most overused word of the 21st century — and showing that swagger with their tough talk. Well, other teams’ swagger hasn’t helped them much against Alabama this season. It’s better to talk after you’ve proved yourself than before.